Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-15

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Olapp and Rev. Charles Seccombe. TIL,
board nov comprises nine members in
stead ten ns formerly.
The hook and ladder company of thu
IRE department met at the truck hous,
last evening and the following officers
were elected to serve through the ensuing
year: Milt J Brisbine, foreman; Geo
t.. Hobsop, assistant foreman; w. s
Stockweil, secretary; Frank Dirks
treasurer; VIM. Welsh, steward. A vote
OF thanks for services rendered was
rendered the retiring off ,ers.
Messrs. ID. Il. Day, ). Z. Turner and
Reuben Groot, of Springfield. are in
Yankton to-day, consulting with our
business men about the proposed rail.
road from Yankton to Springfield. The
people OF Springfield are disposed to
push the matter in concert with nearly
every faimer along the proposed route.
1t Is the desire of all concerned to com.
plete the road this year and for the good
of all it should bs done.
Treasurer Ellerman speaks in COM
torting accents relative to Yapkton
countJ's finances. He says the county
is getting along swimmingly and with
out any discomfort to tax payers The
railroad debt is being rapidly wiped out
with a low rate of taxation and nobody
ls being Inconvenience by the process.
Yankton county pays a much lighter
tax than most Dakota counties and is all
the time cutting down the principal OF
its railroad investment. while keeping
lis interest promptly paid.
Interest in the temperance meetings
now going on increases each day and
the nightly audiences at the church in
crease in size. The meetings are to con-
thu through next week and the people
in this city who have not signed the
pledge are decidedly in the minority.
Last night r. J. Gamble, A L. Hinmsn,
d. b. Murphy and Patrick DAILY made
short speeches, and o petition, to be sent
to the legislature at Bismarck asking for
improvements in the liquor law, was
presented and secured many signers.
Prof. E. y. Norton. and many others are
down for speeches tonight.
Secretary Teller, of the board OF trade.
says he has been misrepresented by
newspapers, other than the Press and
Dakotaiap, relative to the bridge matter.
de has never represented that the bridge
would be Immediately built and die
olaimes all pr~etensions to such q sup
position. The bill granting a charter
has not yet passed congress, though he
hopes it will become a law at this ees
sion. While there is good reason to be-
lieve a bridge will be constructed at an
early date Mr.. Teller does not want to
be quoted as responsible for the definite
statement that the coming spring will
bring it.
Fred S%chnauber. Ysnkton's Joe man,
to-day tiniahed naekias seme=2 nan tone
of Missouri river ice upon which his
forty laborers and tw~enty-seven teams
have been at work for the past three
weeks. The ice ls slowed away in four
large houses and the amount is about
sufficient to supply Yankton during six
months. Mr. schnauber has packed ice
In Yankton for nearly seventeen winters,
and never in that tIYna hos hear abla A.
procure such 9 supply Of frigidity as he
now has stored away in his houses for
next summers use. The cakes average
feet in Thickness and are without
sand or flaws. Mr.. Schnauber says, if
the weather permits, next winter Yank-
ton will have an ice palace of It's own.
the site for which has already been sell
ecetd.